At 36, Charlie Duke walked on the moon as part of the Apollo 16 space mission. At 37, he asked himself, Now what? Charlie shares his incredible journey to the moon and back, and how his biggest achievement lay just beyond his galactic voyage—because God was going to use that walk to open doors Charlie could’ve never imagined.

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“No matter what life status people are, they want to meet somebody that walked on the moon. And God has opened the door of that moonwalk to change a lot of people.” - Charlie Duke

“God has given us free will. We get to decide whether to believe His word or believe what the world says.” - Charlie Duke

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Kennedy Space Center

NASA

Saturn V 

John Young

Apollo

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Elizabeth Davis is a Tony-nominated actress who finds meaning in stories—even in the painful ones. As Elizabeth went through her own season of grief, she found meaning that art connects us to each other and reveals that even though we all feel pain from failure or loss, we are never alone in our suffering.

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“I hope to take my art and lay it as an offering. And say if you are in pain, here is maybe a way to deal with that to lead you forward. Maybe you'll find an understanding of what [God] is doing through my tiny, small drop in the bucket offering.” - Elizabeth Davis

“I've spent a career trying to understand what it really looks like… I call it my creative theology, my attempt to fuse my work and my faith together in such a way that makes this a true calling in my life.” - Elizabeth Davis

“As artists, we're alchemists. We enter into pain and we empathize. We convert pain into meaning. I believe we are tasked with a very high, holy calling: of entering into pain in order to make it make sense, so that we can deliver it to people in such a way that we can learn from it.” - Elizabeth Davis

“I'm trying to just be a human, walk through pain, create art, and do that in such a way that it can extend a hand to someone else who may be going through something similar.” - Elizabeth Davis

“We don't find ourselves in success. We find ourselves in failure. And I do think from a faith perspective that's true, too. Suffering is such a gift in some confusing way, but suffering is a gift.” - Elizabeth Davis

“Faith is a day-to-day journey. It is waking up and putting one foot in front of the other moment by moment.” - Elizabeth Davis

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Resources Mentioned in This Episode

Steel Magnolias

Chekhov

Shaw

Tim Keller

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What does it take to build a healthy community? It starts, says pastor Brian Davis, by showing up with an open heart. Brian shares about the hard work of church planting, why he’s determined to share God’s love in hard places, and why there’s no greater reward in nurturing a new church than reaping the joy of community.

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“The Lord's grace is sufficient for every challenge that He brings His people to and through.” - Brian Davis

“At the end of the day, people are people everywhere that people are, which is one reason we know the gospel is the right fit for everyone, because it's for all people everywhere.”  - Brian Davis

Guest’s Links Exalting Christ Church

Resources Mentioned in This Episode Risen Christ Fellowship

Shai Linne

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God’s Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love is woven throughout the pages of scripture—even the Old Testament, as writer and teacher Nancy Guthrie has discovered. As her family has endured heartbreaking losses that no parent ever wants to face, Nancy holds onto hope as she receives continual comfort from a God who’s always been determined to dwell among his people.

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“Life comes to all who take hold of Jesus by faith.” - Nancy Guthrie

“We see God continuing to work out His plan to dwell with his people.” - Nancy Guthrie

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Resources Mentioned in This Episode Nashville, Tennessee

Old Testament

Zellweger Syndrome

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Psalm 92 reminds us that it’s good to give thanks to God for all that He’s given us. To show gratitude for His many blessings, Sally’s reading from her brand-new children’s book Happy (illustrated by Jago!), which reminds little ones to get in the habit of looking for the good in the world, and seeing that it comes from the hands of the Heavenly Father—filling our hearts with happiness.

Available right now at your favorite book retailer! 

https://www.sallylloyd-jones.com/books/happy-psalm-92/ 

Are you weary and burdened, looking for rest? Pastor and author Curtis Zackery has been there too. Curtis shares why we find ourselves in seasons of physical and spiritual burnout and how, as he once did, we can climb out of them with intentional practices that refresh our souls.

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“There's always more to do. There's always good things to do. And in doing those good things, in those more things, then we miss the chance for us to stop and consider what it means for us to receive rest.” - Curtis Zackery

“We actually need to be intentional to set time aside because there's always more to do. There's always good things to do.” - Curtis Zackery

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Resources Mentioned in This Episode Søren Kierkegaard

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“God is so real to me in my music,” says Nashville songwriter Luke Laird. Luke shares how he went from growing up in rural Pennsylvania to writing songs with some of country music’s biggest stars (like Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, and Kacey Musgraves), and how music is a gift that can touch us in ways that sometimes sermons can’t.

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“There is music in just the quiet. When you go outside, it's never fully quiet. There's always a bird singing or you can hear a river flowing. I'm just so grateful that not only is He giving us His word, but He's giving us His creation.” - Luke Laird

“God has been so faithful in so many ways throughout my life and just in music. It really is a gift.” - Luke Laird

Guest’s Links Luke Laird’s Facebook

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Resources Mentioned in This Episode Carrie Underwood

Kacey Musgraves

Eric Church

Tim Keller

Amy Grant

Michael Jackson

Bluebird Cafe 

Middle Tennessee State University

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God breaks into our lives, even in the dark places, giving hope to people like songwriter Sandra McCracken. Sandra shares her lifelong love of wrapping scripture into her life and work, and the delicate balance of holding lament and hope in both hands.

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“I think God's love comes at us from all angles, in all different directions. For me, it was bound up in music and words and being in the family that I was born into.” - Sandra McCracken

“It's so important to not just put kind of a sunny take on everything that was, but to continue to tell our story in a way that is reflecting who we are, and how God has brought grace and deliverance to us, like over and over again.” - Sandra McCracken

Guest’s Links Sandra McCracken’s Facebook

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Resources Mentioned in This Episode We Will Feast in the House of Zion

Steadfast

The Mercy, My God

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Life would be so much easier if everyone had access to a pause button. While we don’t have a literal red button to push, God gave us a way to access rest and clarity at the most challenging times — prayer and meditation. Ken Shigematsu found peace by studying the rhythm of life that monks in Ireland observed, and he shares his most profound and life changing practices. 

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“It's really important not to see your rhythm of life, any spiritual practices that you might engage in, as a performance, but simply as a way to turn to the Lord.” - Ken Shigematsu

“A rule of life is simply a way of life that supports our most life-giving friendship of all: our friendship of Jesus Christ, so that we receive more of His sunlight in our life, so that our lives are guided by His wisdom, pruned and simplified, so that we bear more of the fruit of His love, joy, and peace in our lives.” - Ken Shigematsu

“God doesn't love us because of some benefit that we provide Him with. He doesn't want us to be anxiously living in the past. He wants us to enjoy His love for us in this present moment.” - Ken Shigematsu

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Resources Mentioned in This Episode Leighton Ford Ministries

Thomas Keating

Tenth Church

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If you believed your body was good, how would that change your life? For author Jess Connolly, it radically changed the way she saw herself. The more she remembered how compassionate God was toward her, the more she treated her body with kindness and care—and the more joy she found.

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“[I thought,] If God has said my body is good, if I believe that truth, how would I act? How would I move? And then I had to really start to live like I was free before I felt like I was free.” - Jess Connolly

“My Father, who is compassionate and kind, who created this world with love and tenderness and justice and rightness, how could He not be compassionate toward me?” - Jess Connolly

“Consider talking to God about how you feel about your body and consider the possibility that He wants to talk back. There is a world of intimacy to be found in just communicating with our father about this issue.” - Jess Connolly

“Speak kindly and speak truth about your body the same way God would talk about your body, and talk to Him and hear what He has to say back.” - Jess Connolly

Guest’s Links Jess Connolly’s Facebook

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Resources Mentioned in This Episode Bright City Church

Go and Tell Gals

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